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Phishing is a type of computer and internet fraud in which the defrauder seeks to obtain sensitive information, such as passwords, financial data, or protected or personally identifiable information, by impersonating a legitimate 

Pretexting is a social engineering tactic used to commit fraud by presenting a false story or scenario to gain a victim's trust in order to manipulate them into revealing sensitive information, downloading malware, sending money, or otherwise compromising personal or organizational resources.

Proof-of-work (PoW) is a consensus mechanism used to regulate the addition of new blocks to certain blockchains, such as Bitcoin. In a PoW system, miners compete to solve a complex mathematical puzzle.

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Screen scraping is a technique used to extract data from websites or other web applications.  Screen scraping software automates navigating a user interface, interacting with its content, and extracting data from the website’s HTML or other data displayed on the screen.  Screen scraping is technically legal; although the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act prohibits people from accessing a computer by circumventing the typical protective measures, (username/password) the Ninth Circuit ruled in

Spam is internet slang for unsolicited commercial email (UCE) or unsolicited bulk email (UBE). These emails are received involuntarily and usually contain advertisements for products or services. According to Indiana University, email spam costs very little to send which allows spam emailers to send out thousands of emails to get a single response.

Surveillance pricing is a form of algorithmic pricing in which sellers use personal information to tailor prices to specific consumers. Sellers who engage in this practice will generally raise prices based on personal information such as income, background, or perceived desperation.

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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a primary internet protocol that enables the transmission of data between different devices on the same network. TCP is designed to ensure the safe delivery of messages over internet networks. Additionally, TCP recovers lost messages and resolves corrupted internet files. TCP is defined by the standards of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the internet’s top standards development organization.

A Uniform Resource Locator, or URL is the address of a specific location on the web.  As explained by the Computer Security Resource Center, a URL is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.

The World Wide Web (WWW), often known as WWW, W3, or the Web, is the most widely used software platform on the globe. Tim Berners-Lee proposed the architecture of what became the World Wide Web. It is an information-based environment where users may access documents and other resources through the Internet using a web browser, allowing users to search for information by going from one page to the next.